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I hated both Isabella and Isabelle at first, but I really like both now. They are popular here in Australia too.

I love the name Isabella. It's a form of Elizabeth, also a favorite of mine. I love it and I'm going to use it some day for sure. I also LOVE the name Ella, and obviously you can't use Ella and Isabella as siblings, so I intent on naming a daughter Isabella nn Ella.

It is a very beautiful classic name and that is why it is so popular.

I'm starting to react violently to it.

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As in, my feelings are violent. This name and its close-sounding variants have seriously made it to the top of my "names I can't stand list." The list so far is Isabel(le, la, etc), Gabrielle, Esmaralda, Lilah, and Beatrice. It's a pretty refined list. I just don't like it, not one bit.

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Ah, the prayers of millions, how
they must fight and destroy each other
on their way to the throne of God.

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John Steinbeck, TORTILLA FLAT

It's too frilly for me, and way too popular. I do like Arabella, though, but not enough to use. I like Isabel/Isobel but they're also too popular. :-/

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~Heather~
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix

It's completely nouveau-yuppie for me, so I'm going to have to give it a pass (and a shudder).

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Array

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"That was the thing about aliens that no one ever really expected. They're a bit dull."

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A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.

Yawn.

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Sorry, but I'm so tired of seeing this! It's lost any appeal it once had for me.

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Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

As you've said, it is soo popular, but it is pretty. Me, I prefer Isabel /Isobel.

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Andrew

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I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.

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Isabella is a beautiful name!

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It's classic and feminine... the only think not to like about it is the popularity in my opinion.

Lovely name!

I like it all right, but I don't find it particularly attractive. I think I prefer Isabel myself. It's a nice name though--shame it's so popular.

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Hannah LAWR-a
"A man can convince anyone he's somebody else, but never himself."
~The Usual Suspects.

Honestly?

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I see a screaming, whining toddler or a very spoiled little rich girl. Not my kind of name at all.

Too long and frilly. And it looks unbalanced to me. I don't like the Bella part (which is strange as I like the name Bella).

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And it looks like "is a bell", which is very amusing as the only other name I can think of right now that starts with Isa- is Isadora (is a door), and if you put them together you get "is a door bell".

I used to love this name, but I'm honestly now very tired of it, even though it's not overly trendy. Technically, I do still think it's pretty, but it's no longer a favourite of mine. I prefer the less-used forms of the name, like Isabel and Isobel.

Isabella is a name I really like. (I doubt I'll ever use it though).
I particularly like the combo Isabella Shae

I really like it. I feel the same way about Olivia- I like it and I'm totally bummed out about it being so popular. :P

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What about Isobela?

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Edited to add that it is so hard to imagine classic and old-fashioned Isabella and Olivia being the millenium equivalent to Caitlyn and Madison. Now I know how my mom felt when she named me Britney in 1983. Bummer.

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Britney Tamber
*DH: Adam Jeffrey*

This message was edited 8/15/2006, 7:51 AM

I definately feel the same way as you. It's a really pretty name but also a bit too popular for my taste. If I were to have a kid right now, I would stay away from it; but if it were to loose popularity by the time I gave birth, I would certainly give it much consideration.

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*laurel*

I think it's rather pretty, but I wouldn't use it. It's too "Queen Isabella" for me. :-)

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